Facts About The WWF
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Crippler Crossface was invented by Dean Malenko
Kurt Angle's wife used to be a stripper
Al Snow is well trained in martial arts, mat grappling, free style, hardcore, and shoot-fight wrestling
Rock's wife Dany is the Associate Vice President of Merrill Lynch
Before becoming a wrestler, Val Venis used to race motorcross
Kane has degrees in English and Teaching
Two days before WrestleMania 9, Hogan was injured in a jet-ski accident. That explains the shiner he had when he wrestled at WrestleMania 9, Jim Ross And Gorilla Monsoon incorrectly stated that it happened during a raw taping
Kevin Nash introduced Shawn Michaels to his wife, the former Nitro Girl Whisper, Rebecca Curci
Bart Gunn of the Smoking Gunns wrestles as Mike Burton for All Japan pro wrestling
When the Honky Tonk Man beat Ricky Steamboat for the IC title, he was a replacement for The Natural Butch Reed who was scheduled to win the gold
Stephanie McMahon works for WWF as a accountant executive at their New York sales office
Before Mark Henry joined the WWF, he was sponsored by Titan Sports during the 1996 Olympic's in which he competed in the sport of weight lifting but did not get a gold medal like one other athlete in WWF
Eddie Guerrero's father Gori invented the camel clutch
Steve Mongo McMichael was one of Lawrence Taylor's backup men during his match against Bam Bam Bigelow at Wrestlemania XI
Ryan Shamrock's real name is Alesha Webb, and she is a topless dancer from Houston, Texas
WWF's first pick for the Mr. Perfect gimmick was Terry Taylor, Red Rooster
D'Lo Brown began his career as the head of security for the Gangstas in Smokey Mountain Wrestling, he later debuted in the WWF as one of the members of Faarooq's Nation of Domination entourage
Warlord, Terry Szopinski was forced to retire following a 1996 car accident
Paul Wight played college basketball at Wichita State
Nicole Bass's married name is Fuchs
Mark Henry and Pittsburgh Steeler Kevin Henry are cousins
Ricky The Dragon Steamboat suffered his career ending back injury in a match with Steve Austin, while they were in WCW
British Bulldog, Davey Boy Smith paid the WWF $100,000 to get out of his contract to leave for WCW. Why?
Tom Dynamite Kid Billington despises his cousin Davey Boy Smith so much, he can't bring himself to say his name
Debra McMichael was introduced to Steve McMichael through Steve's mother
ECW star Justin Credible competed in the WWF as both P.J. Walker and "The Portuguese Man Of War Aldo Montoya, he also briefly became the third member of PG-13, going by the name P.G. Walker
Debra McMichael was introduced to Steve McMichael through Steve's mother
World Wrestling Federation owns the domain name www.payperview.com
Konnan briefly appeared in the WWF as "Max Moon" in 1992. Konnan played the role of the man who hailed from outer space for a single WWF Superstars TV taping
Ric Flair's children watch WWF RAW is WAR on Monday nights and only switch the channel for Flair's segments
From 1986-1989 Ric Flair averaged 34 minutes per-match. In that span he had 19 matches that lasted longer than 50 minutes
Andre the Giant drank 14 bottles of wine before his match with Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 3
Saturn dated Chyna before she entered the WWF
Chyna is now in a log term relationship with HHH
Rock's first character in the WWF was Flex Kavana, he only wrestled under that name once
Rock is a skilled light tackle salt water fisherman
Peoples Eyebrow was first named the "Heat Brow". The Rock called it that in college, but he changed the name do to the fact that the name didn't catch on
Rock is the youngest Intercontinental, and World Heavyweight Champion ever in the WWF, he is also the first African American to hold the WWF Championship
Melanie Pillman had a relationship with Ultimate Warrior before she met Brian
Leatherface caused the scar on Mick Foley's left arm
Hulk Hogan earned 1.8 million dollars with his match up against Randy Macho Man Savage at Wrestlemania 5
Shawn Michaels is a huge Garth Brooks fan
Shawn Michaels and Marty Jannetty won the WWF tag team titles from Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart in October of 1990 at a taping for Saturday Night's Main Event. Neidhart had been fired and was filling contractual obligations, which including jobbing the tag titles to another team. In what should have been a minor point, the top rope broke at one point during the match. Rockers defended the titles for a week after that, but then Neidhart was re-hired by the WWF, and Vince McMahon decided that the title change never actually happened, in one of the goofier decisions of the 90s, and one of many to affect the careers of Shawn and Bret. As an explanation, a story was sent to Pro Wrestling Illustrated about the rope break causing an "unfair working environment" for both teams, and hence the title reign was annulled. This was simply to cover up for the fact that they reported the title change as fact a week prior and needed a reason to no longer report it as such. The title change was edited out of the Main Event broadcast, and thus went down in history that the Rockers never had the belt.
Road Dogg fought in Desert Storm
Faarooq (Ron Simmons) was cut by the Cleveland Browns
Steve Austin was trained by WCW jobber Chris Adams
Terri Runnels was a hair stylist for the Larry King Show prior to wrestling
Dean Malenko is Jewish
D-Lo Brown is a certified Accountant
Steve Austin is an Antique collector
Tom Prichard and Brother Love (Bruce) are brothers
Jerry Lawler owned the now defunct USWA based in Memphis
Jerry Lawler was a 23 time USWA Champion
Undertaker has a win/loss record of 9 wins and 0 losses at Wrestlemania
Chris Benoit was trained by Stu Hart
Tazz's personalized license plate reads Tap Out
During one drinking session Andre the Giant drank 119 bottles of beer
Perry Saturn dated Chyna before she entered the WWF
The Peoples Eyebrow was originally name the "Heat Brow". The Rock called it that in College, but he changed the name do to the fact that the name didn't catch on.
Shawn Michaels is a huge Garth Brooks fan
The Rock is a skilled light tackle salt water fisherman
Yokozuna youngest WWF Champion 26 years, 6 months and 2 days. Beats Rock, who won at 26 years, 6 months and 13 days.
The Rock is the second youngest WWF Champ, second youngest IC Champ and also the first African American to hold the WWF Title
Jeff Hardy is youngest IC Champ, aged 23
X-Pac is youngest European Champ and Matt Hardy is second youngest aged 26
Val Venis used to race Motocross, before becoming a wrestler
WrestleMania VII was moved from the Rose Bowl to the Sports Arena in Los Angeles because Vince McMahon feared a sniper might try and take out lead heel Sgt. Slaughter, playing the role of a Iraqi sympathizer during the Gulf War
Apparently feeling he had nothing to lose, Sid Justice double crossed Vince McMahon by kicking out of Hogan's leg drop at WMVIII. Sid had been caught cheating on a drug test a few weeks earlier and was going to be suspended. Sid's manager, Harvey Whippleman (who is said to have supplied Sid with the false urine sample that WWF official Dave Hebner found Sid carrying in a vile) reacted quickly, jumping into the ring and getting his man disqualified before all hell broke loose.
Triple H (WM2000) was the first heel to leave a WrestleMania with WWF Title
Undertaker was in Suburban Commando with Hogan
Dean Douglas held the Intercontinental title for the shortest time. HBK forfeited the title to him due to injury at In Your House 4 and then went on to lose the belt to Razor Ramon the same night.
Faarooq and Dean Malenko are the oldest WWF stars, both in there forties.
On May 26, 1987, Hacksaw Jim Duggan and the Iron Sheik were arrested by NJ State police. Duggan was charged with possession of marijuana and drinking alcohol while driving. Sheik was charged with possession of marijuana and cocaine. Duggan received a conditional discharge and Sheik received one-year probation.
The WWF says that the Dynamite Kid left the WWF and retired because of an injury. Actually, the Kid until recently wrestled in England and the real reason he left was because of a locker room fight with him and Jacques Rougeau. The Bulldog opted to keep contact with the WWF and because of that and other reasons; the Bulldog and the Dynamite Kid haven't spoken in years.
In 1991, Ric Flair was fired/quit WCW. He showed up in the WWF soon thereafter holding the WCW title and claimed to be the "Real World's champion." The reason he was able to leave the company with the title is because he owned that title. WCW later bought it back from Flair for reportedly $75,000.
Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth Hewlitte were supposedly "married" in August 1991. Actually, that was an angle to get a better buy rate for the pay-per-view. Savage and Liz were married in December 1984.
On October 1, 1992, Kerry Von Erich (Texas Tornado) was sentenced to 6 felony counts of prescription forgery. He received a 10-year suspended sentence, 10 years of supervised probation, and a $6,000 fine. On February 18, 1993, Von Erich committed suicide by gunshot with a .44-caliber handgun, one day after being indicted on a cocaine possession charge. It was also later revealed that he had an artificial foot because of a car accident he was involved in, in 1984.
On July 4, 1990 Ed Leslie (Brutus ’Barber’ Beefcake) suffers massive facial injuries in a parasailing accident in Lutz, FL, as the knees of a para-sailer crash into his head. He undergoes 8 and a half hours of surgery during which eight steel plates, 40 screws, and more than 100 staples are inserted into his head.
Mick Foley lost his ear during a match for WCW in Germany against Vader. He purposely got his head stuck between the ropes, but the ropes were tighter than expected and he began to choke. He had to force his head free, which caused him to lose his ear.
Steve Austin is the only person to win WWF Title at consecutive Wrestlemania's.
Bob Backlund holds the record for staying in Royal Rumble match the longest.
Only 3 Royal Rumble winners have not eventually become WWF Champion. (Big John Studd, Hacksaw Jim Duggan & Lex Luger)
Four winners of Royal Rumble have drawn number 27. John Studd 89, Yokozuna 93, Bret Hart 94 and Steve Austin 01.
Vince McMahon is oldest WWF Heavyweight Champion of all time.
Fabulous Moolah is oldest WWF Champion of all time.
Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan are the only wrestlers to have wrestled a WWF Title, WWF Intercontinental and a WWF Tag Team Title match at a Wrestlemania.
Just Joe was the best man at Rhyno's wedding on May 20th 2000 in Germany.
Steve Austin got the name 'Stonecold' from his ex English wife who told him to drink his tea because it was getting stonecold.
Christian and Jerry Lynn both won WWF Light-Heavy Weight Title on there TV debuts. |
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